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ileocolic vein

DEFINITIONS OF: ileocolic vein

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n a vein that drains the end of the ileum and the appendix and the cecum and the lower part of the ascending colon

Synonyms:
vena ileocolica
Type of:
vein, vena, venous blood vessel
a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
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